incinerator

«incinerator» in Mova's school dictionary: a furnace or machine for burning rubbish at very high… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an incinerator, incinerators)

meaning for a pupil

An incinerator is a furnace or machine for burning rubbish at very high temperatures until it turns to ash. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons incinerators are one way to get rid of waste; some make electricity from the heat, but they can pollute the air. Phrases: «waste incinerator», «hospital incinerator».

examples

• The town burns its rubbish in an incinerator. tree →
• Some incinerators use the heat to make electricity. tree →
• People worried about smoke from the new incinerator. tree →
• Medical waste goes to a special incinerator. tree →
• An incinerator burns 200 tonnes a day; how much in a week? tree →
• Recycling means less waste goes to the incinerator. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: incinerate (burn completely). Spelling: in-cin-er-a-tor.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «incinerator» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.